Application of Hand Therapy Extensor Tendon Protocol to Toe Extensor Tendon Rehabilitation

Loretta Coady-Fariborzian; Bruce Mueller

Application of Hand Therapy Extensor Tendon Protocol to Toe Extensor Tendon Rehabilitation

Fed Pract. 2020 Jan;37(1):33-37.

Authors

Loretta Coady-Fariborzian¹, Bruce Mueller¹

Affiliation

¹ is the Section Chief, Plastic Surgery; and is the Occupational Therapy Supervisor and a Certified Hand Therapist; both at Malcom Randall VA Medical Center in Gainesville, Florida. Loretta Coady-Fariborzian is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

PMID: 32047353
PMCID: PMC7010345

Abstract

An innovative application of a hand extensor tendon repair protocol was applied by the hand therapy service to toe extensors when the hand surgery service was called in to repair toe extensor lacerations.